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PARADISE, Calif., Nov 12 (Reuters) - Search teams have recovered the remains of at least 42 people killed by a devastating wildfire that largely incinerated the town of Paradise in northern California, making it the deadliest single wildland blaze in state history, authorities said on Monday.The latest death toll, up from 29 tallied over the weekend, was announced by Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea at an evening news conference in the nearby city of Chico after authorities located the remains of 13 additional victims from a blaze dubbed the Camp Fire.That fire already ranked as the most destructive on record in California, having leveled more than 7,100 homes and other buildings since it erupted on Thursday in the Sierra foothills of Butte County, about 175 miles (280 km) north of San Francisco. 70 PHOTOS Camp Fire, Hill Fire and Woolsey Fire sweep across California See Gallery Camp Fire, Hill Fire and Woolsey Fire sweep across California THOUSAND OAKS, … [Read more...] about At least 42 killed in Northern California wildfire, now deadliest in US history

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — A fierce wildfire in Northern California incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there was nothing firefighters could do, authorities said Friday. Nine people died in what quickly grew into the state's most destructive fire in at least a century.Only a day after it began, the blaze near the town of Paradise had grown to nearly 140 square miles, had destroyed more than 6,700 structures — almost all of them homes — and was burning completely out of control."There was really no firefight involved," Capt. Scott McLean of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said, explaining that crews gave up attacking the flames and instead helped people get out alive. "These firefighters were in the rescue mode all day yesterday."With fires also burning in Southern California , state officials put the total number of people forced from their homes at about 250,000. Evacuation orders included … [Read more...] about At least 9 dead as fire incinerates Northern California town

Fallout: New California, a mod for Fallout: New Vegas that has been in the works for 7 years, is now available for download according to a news post on its ModDB page.Fallout: New Vegas is certainly no stranger to expansive mods, and a brand-new one has just been released: Fallout: New California. This expansive mod is set in 2260, 20 years after the conclusion of Fallout 2. New California is an entirely standalone experience that doesn’t interact with your New Vegas save file in any way, so you can install this right now without fearing any issues with any games in progress. Take a peek at the Narrative Trailer to get an idea of what it’s all about: As always, installing a mod can be a bit tricky with Bethesda games. Players who got their game on Steam or on physical media should first install a patch that makes the game able to use 4 gigs of memory; GOG players won’t need to take this step. After that, you can use Nexus Vortex or Mod … [Read more...] about Fallout: New Vegas Mod Fallout: New California Beta Now Available

It’s been a busy weekend for eSports events. While the Halo World Championships brought the spotlight to FPS games, 2018’s Southern California Regionals took place with a wide arrange of fighting games seeing a huge number of players descending upon the Ontario Convention Centre. Among the titles played were Pokken Tournament DX, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator 2, and the upcoming weapon-based fighter SoulCalibur VI. The headlining game sporting more than 250 entrants was Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s top 8 saw Sako entering through the winners’ bracket and taking on StormKubo’s Abigail to emerge with a solid 3-2 victory propelling him into winners’ finals where he continued his reign by knocking Xiao Hai’s Cammy into losers’. However, Xiao Hai was not willing to give up the fight that easily. An impressive 3-1 win over Chris T’s Akuma lined Xiao Hai up for a rematch in … [Read more...] about Sako Becomes Street Fighter V Champ at Southern California Regionals

FEARS are mounting the catastrophic "Big One" earthquake could rip through California killing thousands after 70 quakes rocked the deadly Ring of Fire in just 48 hours. A cluster of 16 "significant" quakes - above magnitude 4.5 - hit yesterday following 53 that shook the region along the disaster zone on Sunday. The earthquakes rattled Indonesia, Bolivia, Japan and Fiji but didn't reach the western coast of the US, which sits on the horseshoe-shaped Ring of Fire fault line. The Ring of Fire has caused a number of devastating of earthquakes over the years and is where two of the earth’s huge tectonic plates meet. It is formed of a string of 452 volcanoes and sites of high seismic activity that encircle the Pacific Ocean. Fears are now growing California's "Big One" could be on the way - a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that would tear through the West coast of the US and cause a tsunami. Experts have claimed California is overdue a large earthquake and shaking around the … [Read more...] about 70 Ring of Fire earthquakes hit in just 48 hours – sparking fears ‘the Big One’ is about to hit California